#A73C2F#A73C2F

#A73C2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.144 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A73C2F
RGB	rgb(167, 60, 47)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.66, 43.25, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.66, 53.38, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1246 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.144 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0672, 11.6550, 3.9870)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A73C2F #2F9AA7

analogous

#A72F5E #A73C2F #A7782F

triadic

#A73C2F #2FA73C #3C2FA7

tetradic

#A73C2F #5EA72F #2F9AA7 #782FA7

square

#A73C2F #5EA72F #2F9AA7 #782FA7

split-complementary

#A73C2F #2FA778 #2F5EA7

monochromatic

#471A14 #772B22 #A73C2F #CB5648 #D98278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#A73C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A73C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A73C2F

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A73C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A73C2F	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8223A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a73c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 60, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.144 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87768',
    500: '#a73c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a73c2f;
$custom-light: #c87768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a73c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50499,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A73C2F

secondary

#71B8C1

accent

#CFDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A73C2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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